The General Hospital in Orile-Agege, Lagos state was at the weekend, reportedly invaded by hoodlums with dangerous weapons, attacking and stabbing both staff and patients, Leadership reports.
The thugs who carted away valuables of patients such as money and handsets, were said to have invaded the engineering department of the hospital and the drivers’ office at about 11pm on Sunday.
A nurse who spoke on the condition of anonymity, recalled the incident saying, “A boy was rushed to the hospital after he allegedly engaged in a fight with another fellow and doctors in the hospital had made attempts to save his life.
“The thugs were not happy that doctors in the hospital wanted to save the life of the guy.
“They wanted the boy, whose name was given as Taye, to die at all cost, but our doctors had attended to him just to save his life,” the unnamed nurse said.
Reports reveal it took a while before security operatives could move in to arrest the situation and stop the rampaging hoodlums from further destruction, however, the doctor who treated the man was said to have ran to the children’s ward to hide from the hoodlums and after the incident, he could hardly attend to any other patient.
Meanwhile, a parent who had brought his daughter to the hospital was also stabbed.
According to him, they eventually allowed him to live when they learnt he was a pastor.
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